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Chapters: Pashtunistan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 191. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pashtunistan or Pakhtunistan Pashto: ; meaning "land of the Pashtuns" or "Pakhtuns") is the name of a region that is inhabited by the Pashtun people since ancient time. Pashtun nationalists believe this historic homeland was divided in 1893 by the Durand Line, a disputed and poorly-marked border between British India and Afghanistan. Pashtunistan has been proffered as a future sovereign state for all Pashtuns by some since the late 1940s when India was partitioned and Pakistan created. It has also been a vehicle for Afghanistan's claims on core Pashtun areas on the grounds that Afghanistan is the original home of all Pashtuns. Finally, it has been a term used within Pakistan for those who believed that the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, should be renamed to reflect the majority ethnic identity. The Pashtuns are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan and the second largest in Pakistan. They are concentrated mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan but also exist in northern and western parts of the country as a minority group. In Pakistan they inhabit mainly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly the North-West Frontier Province ), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), as well as parts of Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, and Mianwali and Attock districts of north-west Punjab. The main language spoken in the delineated Pashtunistan region is Pashto, followed by others such as Balochi, Hindko, Urdu, and Dari. Pashtuns practice Pashtunwali, the indigenous culture of the Pashtuns, and this pre-Islamic identity remains significant for many Pashtuns and is one of the factors that have kept the Pashtunistan issue alive. Although the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=60759 ... Read more

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This book gives a composite picture of the geographic entity of the country and also a brief history of the Pakistan area from pre-historic times to the present. The author presents in tables and maps a lot of data related to the various aspects of its geography, economy, and population. He analyses the environmental challenges and agricultural problems that the country is facing, and suggests some solutions. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geography of Bhutan, Geography of India, Geography of Nepal, Geography of Pakistan, Geography of Sri Lanka, Kashmir, Bengal, Aksai Chin, Pashtunistan, Jammu and Kashmir, History of Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit, Capital of India, North Karnataka, Kashmir Conflict, Timeline of the Kashmir Conflict, Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, Malwa, Sheikh Abdullah, Ittihadul Muslimeen, Greater India, Shekhawati, Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Pakistan and State Terrorism, Radcliffe Line, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Leh, Rajatarangini, Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, Sudhun, Cartography of India, Ayub Thakur, List of Renamed Indian Public Places, Karakoram Highway, 2001-2002 India-pakistan Standoff, Pakhtunkhwa, Indian Standard Time, Trans-Karakoram Tract, Manasbal Lake, Siachen Glacier, Geography of South India, Balawaristan, Sheikh Abdul Aziz, Chumb, List of Extreme Points of India, Geology of Nepal, Zogam, Sumgal, South Tibet, Balochistan, Tirah, List of Beaches in Sri Lanka, Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party, Kashmiriyat, Sri Lankan State Sponsored Colonisation Schemes, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Nagarkot, Dolpo, Al-Badr, Farah Pandith, List of Capitals in East, South, and Southeast Asia, List of Indian States and Territories by Highest Point, Cow Belt, List of Ecoregions in India, Forestry in Bhutan, All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, Kashmir Committee, Kashmiri Cuisine, Beel, Kanger, Mijuredada, Neelum River, Daulat Beg Oldi, Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen, Jammu ... Read more

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Few would oppose a devolution reform that truly empowers the grassroots level and improves service delivery for the poor. This book demonstrates that the key to such devolution in rural Pakistanis is diffusing power via land reforms so that the poor are empowered and capable of ensuring that the service delivery is not hijacked and actually serves them. ... Read more

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This work recounts the history of the Pakistan area from the perspective of present day Pakistan. It positions the land of the Indus centrally, thereby emphasizing its crucial and continuous role in developing civilisations which grew and spread in all directions of the subcontinent. ... Read more

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This is part of a series on applied geography for Revised Higher Grade students. The book examines population, population growth and urbanization. It considers world population growth in developed and developing cities, with particular reference to the UK, especially London, and also to Pakistan, especially Karachi. It also surveys the social problems of population growth and considers solutions. The text features a range of pertinent case studies, with short-response and extended-response questions, and longer assignments. ... Read more

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Pakistan: An Islamic Treasure (discovering our heritage)
An informative book especially for school children and Geography students (Grade 5-8)wanting information on Pakistan.The book has good pictures and is well laid out.

Pakistan: An Islamic Treasure (discovering our heritage)
An informative book especially for school children and Geography students (Grade 5-8)wanting information on Pakistan.The book has good pictures and is well laid out.

Pakistan: An Islamic Treasure (discovering our heritage)
An informative book especially for school children and Geography students (Grade 5-8)wanting information on Pakistan.The book has good pictures and is well laid out. ... Read more

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This publication aims at a position different and somewhat higher than that of an ordinary gazetteer.It is complete in itself and contains all matters of interest, such as historical, geographical, physiological, ethnographical etc. of each province of the whole country.It also covers important districts and cities which are significant from an administrative point of view and enjoy great historical traditions.The emphasis therefore in this gazette is on the historical viewpoint and aspect of Pakistan. ... Read more